I just finished all my hearing and vision screens for my preschoolers. I have 224 kiddos to care for.
I see 1 tube feeder, and I see one kiddo for daily med. Everyone else is just seen as needed.
I was thrown into this job with minimal training. I didn't know what else to do my first week before kiddos started, so I just made all my files. Inputted all my immunizations.
Files are done. Immunizations are done. Meds are sorted. Screens are done.
Clean out your office! When I took over 3 years ago at my school, there was stuff from the 70's and 80's that I found! Seriously: cassette tapes, old medical books, old hand written medical files, expired meds, broken equipment....I filled a dumpster with crap! I cleaned out all my cabinets and got rid of anything I didn't want or need.
For your newsletter, you could highlight an issue or two every month (or weekly, however you are doing it). Here are the health observances: (some are not relevant, but you could highlight adult and kid ones!).
I did the same last year. Last year was the purge, this year is the rearrange, make it "Mine" year! Unfortunately, I can't do any of the heavy lifting myself due to back trouble, so I have to wait for the custodian whenever I need something moved.
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